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SECdomination and Elephant Walk- I agree for the most part with what you said. Weeding out is a necessary process.

But this particular case strikes me as very odd since it happened so fast. It just does not make sense to me that a bid would be extended and then retracted so quickly.

To the original poster- how big is this chapter? How many members are there? That seems like a small spring class- though at certain schools even strong chapters often take 10 or less in the spring.

Either way, I say forget about bothering with them again. Whoever is truly "right or wrong" here, they have dissed you and so there is no sense in worrying about it anymore.

Go ahead and rush again. It cannot hurt. Don't worry about this chapter anymore or let it affect your future decision making. While I think it is perfectly acceptable and a good idea for a fraternity to drop pledges as needed during the pledge period, it needs to happen for a specific reason.

And unless there is something you are not telling us- the time frame you have posted suggests that you were either not pledged in good faith, or were not dropped for the kind of valid reason that emerges with some pledges over time and was not spotted during rush.

It will be hard for you to ever find out why this happened- but if you are good friends with any sorority girls who have friends in that fraternity, that might be a good way to find out just for your future reference.